Andrzej Gawroński

Acting

Andrzej Gawroński

Born — Died

1935-02-10 — 2020-09-04

Place of birth

Warszawa, mazowieckie, Polska

Known for

Acting

Credits

49 titles

Known for

Father Matthew poster
5.3

Father Matthew is about the adventures of a Roman Catholic priest who, after returning from a mission to Belarus, is sent to work in a small parish. As a pastor, together with a friendly policeman, he solves mysteries and gives help to his parishioners, as well as all those who are in need.

Father Matthew

2008

Kryminalni poster
5.7

Kryminalni was a Polish crime drama television series that aired on TVN network from September 18, 2004 until May 24, 2008. It ran for 8 seasons and 101 episodes were broadcast in total. It was created by Polish director and screenwriter Piotr Wereśniak and produced by MTL Maxfilm studio. The series followed life and work of police officers from the elite Criminal Terror and Murders Division of the Warsaw Metropolitan Police; the title refers to police officers in the crime section. The three main characters were Adam Zawada, an experienced, tough cup, his younger colleague Marek Brodecki and Barbara Storosz, an ambitious female officer who in the first season joins the team just after graduating. Although none of the main actors had had star status before the series debuted, all three of them rose to prominence and popularity during the 5-year-long run. Many of Poland's best known actors guest starred, usually playing roles of people involved in just one particular investigation. The serial was one of the most popular in Poland: each week it had an audience of 4 million.

Kryminalni

2004

Dom poster
7.3

The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.

Dom

1980

Polskie drogi poster
7.2

An epic, multi-threaded story about the fate of Poles during World War II. "Czas pogardy" was shown primarily from the perspective of two main characters - Lieutenant Władysław Niwiński and Leon Kuraś - a petty crook, but not without heroic traits. The authors of the series sought to show, in particular, everyday life under Nazi occupation in Poland.

Polskie drogi

1977

Kuchnia polska poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kuchnia polska

1993

A Short Film About Killing poster
7.6

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

A Short Film About Killing

1988

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 13 titles

A Short Film About Killing poster
7.6

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

A Short Film About Killing

1988

A Year of the Quiet Sun poster
6.5

Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...

A Year of the Quiet Sun

1984

Ferry to Sweden poster
NR

Szczepan Zadra, a Polish expatriate living permanently in Sweden, maintains close ties with his homeland while working as a representative for an international transport company. Meanwhile, the Polish militia receives reports of a smuggling operation involving valuable icons being transported to Sweden. Szczepan meets Agata, a Polish woman on a business trip to Sweden, who agrees to deliver a small package to Stockholm for an antique dealer in Warsaw. Unbeknownst to her, the package contains a valuable icon.

Ferry to Sweden

1980

Man of Iron poster
7.0

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.

Man of Iron

1981

No artwork available
8.0

An American actress temporarily stops in Warsaw on her way to Japan, where she gets acquainted with the Polish writer.

Yokohama

1982

Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West poster
6.8

The dangerous thug Pif-Paf escapes from prison. Bolek and Lolek bravely chase after him through the prairie, canyons and rocky mountains.

Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West

1986

Childish Questions poster
8.1

A young architect is locked up in prison. He recalls his uncompromising youth and gradual sliding into the moral swamp of compromises. He was not alone. A group of his friends, dreamers and glass house builders, accompanied him.

Childish Questions

1981

Kornblumenblau poster
6.8

Based on a true story of a Polish musician who survived the concentration camp only because he could play on the accordion the title melody.

Kornblumenblau

1989

The Twenties, the Thirties poster
6.3

On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture deemed to be a failure - a small cabaret where Liza could perform.

The Twenties, the Thirties

1984

Masquerade poster
7.0

A well-known actor, Michał Barczewski, returns to the stage after a long hiatus. He tells a reporter the story of Jacek Burda, a young and highly promising actor who once played his own death.

Masquerade

1987

Kidnapping in Tiutiurlistan poster
5.0

Three friends – a rooster, a cat and a vixen – meet the kidnapped princess on the eve of the war between Balbacja and Tiuturlistan. To prevent a war, they try to bring her to her father's house. They tell each other stories from their lives during a journey full of adventures.

Kidnapping in Tiutiurlistan

1986

Na własną prośbę poster
8.0

The story is of an engineer in conflict with his superior. He won't go along with the ususal corruption and conformity. He is left to himself amid indifference and ineptitude by his fellow workers and the management.

Na własną prośbę

1980

The Big Picnic poster
6.8

Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food Rysiek breaks into a villa and discovers a bundle of cash in the freezer. They team together in Warsaw and decide to go on a rampage through the city.

The Big Picnic

1981

1970s · 8 titles

The Gorgon Case poster
5.5

In 1931, just before the New Year, in a house of architect Henryk Zaremba scream rips the night. The daughter of Zaremba is found killed in her bedroom, obviously killed with a pickaxe. The police arrives and starts the investigation. Rita Gorgonova, the governess of the girl and also lover of Zaremba becomes the main suspect.

The Gorgon Case

1977

I Hate Mondays poster
7.4

An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.

I Hate Mondays

1971

Hotel Pacific poster
7.3

Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Loosely based on the novel by Henryk Worcell.

Hotel Pacific

1975

A Slip-Up poster
6.8

A young man strikes up an ill-fated romance with a married woman.

A Slip-Up

1972

Nights and Days poster
7.1

A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.

Nights and Days

1975

Kazimierz Wielki poster
7.5

The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.

Kazimierz Wielki

1976

Awards and Decorations poster
9.0

A wartime drama set in a 1944 military hospital where wounded officers and staff from opposing political camps confront ideological conflict and moral uncertainty.

Awards and Decorations

1974

Milion za Laurę poster
7.5

An antique guitar brings upon a series of increasingly fantastical encounters.

Milion za Laurę

1971

1960s · 9 titles

Innocent Sorcerers poster
7.0

A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces herself into his room where they talk of morals and love.

Innocent Sorcerers

1960

Giuseppe in Warsaw poster
6.3

The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing weapon. Maria indeed is an active member of the Polish resistance, contrary to her brother, Staszek, a painter, who only wants a calm living. In a course of events Giuseppe falls in love and, along with Staszek, becomes a hero of the Polish resistance.

Giuseppe in Warsaw

1964

Cooked Doves poster
6.9

A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers.

Cooked Doves

1966

Everything for Sale poster
6.1

Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up.

Everything for Sale

1969

The Navy Is a Thing For Men poster
6.0

"Marynarka..." is a story of a painter who went on a cruise on a navy ship, framed by a musical film. It features Anna German, Piotr Szczepanik and the Szczecin band Filipinki.

The Navy Is a Thing For Men

1967

The Touch of the Night poster
6.3

Roman Jacenko, a local photographer tries to turn his fortunes around and rob a bank transport.

The Touch of the Night

1962

Far Is the Road poster
6.5

After WWII a soldier returns to his Polish homeland from Scotland.

Far Is the Road

1963

Cześć kapitanie poster
10.0

A spy barely makes it out of a police ambush and goes on the run, taking a young woman with him along the way.

Cześć kapitanie

1968

Wniebowstąpienie poster
6.5

The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures.

Wniebowstąpienie

1969

Series credits

Father Matthew poster
5.3

Father Matthew is about the adventures of a Roman Catholic priest who, after returning from a mission to Belarus, is sent to work in a small parish. As a pastor, together with a friendly policeman, he solves mysteries and gives help to his parishioners, as well as all those who are in need.

Father Matthew

2008

Kryminalni poster
5.7

Kryminalni was a Polish crime drama television series that aired on TVN network from September 18, 2004 until May 24, 2008. It ran for 8 seasons and 101 episodes were broadcast in total. It was created by Polish director and screenwriter Piotr Wereśniak and produced by MTL Maxfilm studio. The series followed life and work of police officers from the elite Criminal Terror and Murders Division of the Warsaw Metropolitan Police; the title refers to police officers in the crime section. The three main characters were Adam Zawada, an experienced, tough cup, his younger colleague Marek Brodecki and Barbara Storosz, an ambitious female officer who in the first season joins the team just after graduating. Although none of the main actors had had star status before the series debuted, all three of them rose to prominence and popularity during the 5-year-long run. Many of Poland's best known actors guest starred, usually playing roles of people involved in just one particular investigation. The serial was one of the most popular in Poland: each week it had an audience of 4 million.

Kryminalni

2004

Dom poster
7.3

The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.

Dom

1980

Polskie drogi poster
7.2

An epic, multi-threaded story about the fate of Poles during World War II. "Czas pogardy" was shown primarily from the perspective of two main characters - Lieutenant Władysław Niwiński and Leon Kuraś - a petty crook, but not without heroic traits. The authors of the series sought to show, in particular, everyday life under Nazi occupation in Poland.

Polskie drogi

1977

Kuchnia polska poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kuchnia polska

1993

Życie na gorąco poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Życie na gorąco

1979

Życie na gorąco poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Życie na gorąco

1979

Wszystkie pieniądze świata poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wszystkie pieniądze świata

1999

Marszałek Piłsudski poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Marszałek Piłsudski

2001

Tulipan poster
7.9

No synopsis available yet.

Tulipan

1987

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Podziemny front

1965

Colombuses poster
8.0

Kolumbowie follows a group of Polish resistance fighters during WWII in the days leading up to the Warsaw Rising.

Colombuses

1970